2022 Malaysia Cup final

2022 Malaysia Cup final

The match took place at Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Event	2022 Malaysia Cup
Johor Darul Ta'zim Selangor 2 1
Date	26 November 2022
Venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
Man of the Match	Fernando Forestieri (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
Referee	Nazmi Nasaruddin
Attendance	79,988
Weather	Good 27 °C (81 °F)
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The 2022 Malaysia Cup final was a football match played on 26 November 2022, to determine the champion of the 2022 Malaysia Cup. It was the final game of the 96th edition of the Malaysia Cup, organized by the Football Association of Malaysia.

The final was played at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, between Johor Darul Ta'zim and Selangor. Johor won the game 2–1 and clinched their third Malaysia Cup title, and completed their first domestic treble. ^[1]

The winners should have qualified for the group stage of the 2023–24 AFC Cup. However, as Johor Darul Ta'zim had already qualified for the group stage of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League as the 2022 Malaysia Super League champions, the berth reserved was given to the third-placed team of the 2022 Malaysia Super League, Sabah.

Venue

On 18 November 2022, the Malaysian Football League announced that Bukit Jalil National Stadium would serve as the final venue. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Route to the final

Further information: 2022 Malaysia Cup

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), a Super League team involved in the 2022 AFC Champions League, started in the round of 16. Their first match was an away game against their fellow Super League team, Petaling Jaya City. JDT won 4–0 away from home, before sealing their progress with a 2–0 home win, resulting in a 6–0 aggregate score. ^{[5] [6]} In the quarter-finals, JDT faced Kelantan, a Premier League team. They won the first game 3–0, ^[7] before winning 5–0 in the return leg at home, advancing to the next round with an aggregate score of 8–0. ^[8] In the semi-final round, JDT faced another Super League team, Sabah. In the first leg at Likas Stadium (away), JDT won 1–0, with the lone goal scored by Arif Aiman in the first half. ^[9] In the return leg at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium (home), goals from Bergson, Fernando Forestieri, and Syafiq Ahmad gave them a 3–1 win and a 4–1 aggregate victory, which moved them to the final. ^[10]

Selangor

Selangor, also of the Super League, began by facing Kelantan United in the round of 16. In the first away leg, Selangor eventually won 2–0 with a two goals scored by Caion, ^[11] followed by a 1–0 victory at home, with 3–0 on aggregate. ^[12] In the quarter-finals, Selangor faced their Super League rivals Negeri Sembilan. In the first leg at home, Selangor won 2–0 thanks to a goals by Caion and Aliff Haiqal. ^[13] In the second leg away from home, the match ended in a 2–2 draw, but Selangor advanced through the next round with the aggregate score of 4–2. ^[14] Selangor's semi-final was against another Super League club, Terengganu. Selangor started with a 3–1 home win with goals by Richmond Ankrah, Caion and Sharul Nazeem; all three goals were scored from corners. ^[15] In the second leg, five days later at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Selangor lost 1–0 with the lone goal by Kipré Tchétché, but progressed to the final with the aggregate score of 3–2. ^[16]

Johor Darul Ta'zim			Round	Selangor
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Petaling Jaya City	6–0	4–0 away; 2–0 home	Round of 16	Kelantan United	3–0	2–0 away; 1–0 home
Kelantan	8–0	3–0 away; 5–0 home	Quarter-finals	Negeri Sembilan	4–2	2–0 home; 2–2 away;
Sabah	4–1	1–0 away; 3–1 home	Semi-finals	Terengganu	3–2	3–1 home; 0–1 away;

Match details

26 November 2022

21:00 UTC+8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Selangor
Bergson 45+2' Forestieri 59'	Report	Caion 45' (pen.)

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 79,988 ^[17]

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Selangor

GK 1 Farizal Marlias (c) RB 2 Matthew Davies  44' 90' CB 15 Feroz Baharudin CB 32 Shahrul Saad LB 22 Corbin-Ong  20' CM 4 Afiq Fazail  81' CM 10 Leandro Velázquez  35' 90+4' CM 30 Natxo Insa RF 42 Arif Aiman  90+4' CF 9 Bergson LF 45 Fernando Forestieri  90' Substitutes: GK 26 Haziq Nadzli DF 7 Aidil Zafuan DF 91 Syahmi Safari  90' FW 6 Hong Wan  81' MF 8 Safiq Rahim  90+4' MF 13 Mohamadou Sumareh  90+4' MF 19 Akhyar Rashid  90' MF 21 Nazmi Faiz FW 28 Syafiq Ahmad Coach: Héctor Bidoglio

GK 1 Khairulazhan Khalid RB 2 Quentin Cheng CB 33 Richmond Ankrah CB 44 Sharul Nazeem LB 22 Fazly Mazlan CM 24 Alex Agyarkwa CM 88 Brendan Gan (c)  76' CM 99 Baha' Abdel-Rahman  63' RF 30 Hein Htet Aung  63' CF 10 Caion  76' LF 7 Mukhairi Ajmal  69' Substitutes: GK 23 Samuel Somerville DF 4 Ashmawi Yakin DF 13 R. Dinesh DF 14 Zikri Khalili MF 77 Aliff Haiqal  63' 82' FW 9 Hakim Hassan  63' FW 17 Danial Asri  76' FW 19 Shahrel Fikri FW 43 Syahir Bashah  76' Coach: Tan Cheng Hoe

Man of the Match: Fernando Forestieri (Johor Darul Ta'zim) Assistant referees: Shafiq Ahmad Said Nadziran Eziz Fourth official: Hariff Md Akhir Reserve assistant referee: Usaid Jamal Hasrol Mohd Amir

90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

See also

• 2022 Malaysia FA Cup

References

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External links

• FAM Official website